Living “19 Henry III”, i.e., 1234 Sir Alured de Denn had three leopard heads caboshed (i.e., three leopard “faces”) on his seal; and was known as a person of great learning. He was Seneschal (the official who governed the overall operation of the household) of the Priory Christ Church of Canterbury and Escheater of Kent in 1234. He was appointed by King Henry III (1216 – 1272), in conjunction with Sir Henry de Bath, to enforce the the Laws of Romney Marsh, which extends for some 25 miles along the coast from Folkstone to Rye and runs 10 miles inland to Appledore, linking the two counties of Sussex and Kent. It is a flat, remote, hazy expanse, reclaimed from the sea and intersected by a tangled network of roads and waterways that connect the myriads of small towns, villages and isolated hamlets. -------------------- Sir Alured de Denn of Denn Hill. Living "19 Henry III", i.e., 1234

Sir Alured de Denn was known as a person of great learning. He was Seneschal (the official who governed the overall operation of the household) of the Priory Christ Church of Canterbury and Escheater of Kent in 1234. He was appointed by King Henry III (1216 – 1272), in conjunction with Sir Henry de Bath, to enforce the the Laws of Romney Marsh, on or near the channel coast of Kent between Folkstone and Dungeness. Sir Alured de Denn had three leopard heads caboshed (i.e., three leopard "faces") on his seal.

Sir Alured de Denn had the following sons:

Walter Denne George Denne John Denne

   Romney Marsh extends for some 25 miles along the coast from Hythe to Rye and runs 10  miles inland to Appledore, linking the two counties of Sussex and Kent.  It is a flat, remote, hazy expanse, reclaimed from the sea and intersected by a tangled network of roads and waterways that connect the myriads of small towns, villages and isolated hamlets. 

-------------------- Birthplace: Denn Hill, Kingstone, Kent, England

Died 1256 in Denn Hill, Kingstone, Kent, England -------------------- Sir Alured de Denn of Denn Hill. Living "19 Henry III", i.e., 1234

Sir Alured de Denn was known as a person of great learning. He was Seneschal (the official who governed the overall operation of the household) of the Priory Christ Church of Canterbury and Escheater of Kent in 1234. He was appointed by King Henry III (1216 – 1272), in conjunction with Sir Henry de Bath, to enforce the the Laws of Romney Marsh, on or near the channel coast of Kent between Folkstone and Dungeness. Sir Alured de Denn had three leopard heads caboshed (i.e., three leopard "faces") on his seal.

Romney Marsh extends for sone 25 miles along the coast from Hythe to Rye and runs 10 miles inland to Appledore, linking the two counties of Sussex and Kent. It is a flat, remote, hazy expanse, reclaimed from the sea and intersected by a tangled network of roads and waterways that connect the myriads of small towns, villages and isolated hamlets.

 Saint Mary-in-the-Marsh 

This 12th century church is visible for miles.Saint Peter and Saint Paul The tower of this Norman church leans to the west.

Additional Source: "Ancestral File v4.19," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZMS-W75 : accessed 9 September 2012), entry for Alured DE DENN.